Here is something you don't see every day. Though it would be lovely if you did.
Inspiration is like girlfriends- it's easier to get some when you already have some in the first place. I have been inspired and spun around, 360 degrees, lately, by those among us who have that rare (or not as rare as I would have guessed) drive to prioritise others, or at least those who want to help. It is usually helping a stranger that makes the most difference and raises more surprised eyebrows, but of course, a stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet.
A friend of mine, Stella Raycheva, has been a kind friend of animals ever since I met her 8 years ago. I suppose she was my first boss, when I worked for Radio NET one summer. She has been volunteering to make a better life for street dogs, and thus for all of us who live in Sophia (your help is just as welcome, if not more, if you're not from Sophia!) for about 2 years now. Establishing a dog shelter, which needs the difficult amount of around 20 000 lev (10 000 euro) per month! to pay the salaries of the few staff members and experienced vets, is a challenge. They survive mainly on donations and they don't know if they are going to make it until the next month. We were sipping tea and she told me of the 500 dogs there, which need care, neutering and shelter. Limited space means that almost every morning there is a dead dog in one of the cages where 20 dogs fight for 40 m2. And it is a shame because they are good dogs, they are no better or worse than any other dog yet they have had the "shit end of the stick". A pity, as dogs love to play with sticks! They are available for adoption- it is an easy way to get a pet, one that will appreciate your love and will love to love you back.Once again, here is the link for Animan Rescue Sofia. Tell your friends about it, link it, share it and support it. It's a good cause and simple to help to!
Kiva lends money to those in need for help with education, development ideas or life long dream of getting a cow! I literally learned about them tonight, and it is a cause worth knowing of. They work, as most such organisations do, for people or groups in underpriviledged countries, but the difference is, this is not a donation, no. You lend money (the link is for a free trial donation, though, they hope to get you hooked on the endorphine-high of helping a project) voluptuous, and all money is paid back in time. Crafty little idea. Check it out, I helped a family with no roof and my friend Ilina helped a man get the cow he had always wanted!
And now, the new BLOG CHALLENGE- can you spot the WORD? Or can you give me a word, quircky enough, which I will include at a random place in one of the next articles?
Inspiration is like girlfriends- it's easier to get some when you already have some in the first place. I have been inspired and spun around, 360 degrees, lately, by those among us who have that rare (or not as rare as I would have guessed) drive to prioritise others, or at least those who want to help. It is usually helping a stranger that makes the most difference and raises more surprised eyebrows, but of course, a stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet.
A friend of mine, Stella Raycheva, has been a kind friend of animals ever since I met her 8 years ago. I suppose she was my first boss, when I worked for Radio NET one summer. She has been volunteering to make a better life for street dogs, and thus for all of us who live in Sophia (your help is just as welcome, if not more, if you're not from Sophia!) for about 2 years now. Establishing a dog shelter, which needs the difficult amount of around 20 000 lev (10 000 euro) per month! to pay the salaries of the few staff members and experienced vets, is a challenge. They survive mainly on donations and they don't know if they are going to make it until the next month. We were sipping tea and she told me of the 500 dogs there, which need care, neutering and shelter. Limited space means that almost every morning there is a dead dog in one of the cages where 20 dogs fight for 40 m2. And it is a shame because they are good dogs, they are no better or worse than any other dog yet they have had the "shit end of the stick". A pity, as dogs love to play with sticks! They are available for adoption- it is an easy way to get a pet, one that will appreciate your love and will love to love you back.Once again, here is the link for Animan Rescue Sofia. Tell your friends about it, link it, share it and support it. It's a good cause and simple to help to!
Kiva lends money to those in need for help with education, development ideas or life long dream of getting a cow! I literally learned about them tonight, and it is a cause worth knowing of. They work, as most such organisations do, for people or groups in underpriviledged countries, but the difference is, this is not a donation, no. You lend money (the link is for a free trial donation, though, they hope to get you hooked on the endorphine-high of helping a project) voluptuous, and all money is paid back in time. Crafty little idea. Check it out, I helped a family with no roof and my friend Ilina helped a man get the cow he had always wanted!
And now, the new BLOG CHALLENGE- can you spot the WORD? Or can you give me a word, quircky enough, which I will include at a random place in one of the next articles?
